Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 17 (IANS): Rajendra Mishra, another aide of gangster Vikas Dubey and father of slain Prabhat Mishra, who was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, has been arrested from near a factory in Shivrajpur area.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Brajesh Srivastava said Mishra was wanted under sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 394, 120b, 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act (CLA) and 3/25 Arms Act in connection with Bikru shootout on July 3 in which eight policemen were killed."

The SP said that Mishra was caught near a factory on Sunday while he was going to the place of an acquaintance to seek help for his surrender before the court.

"During questioning, Mishra broke down and confessed that he and his son had opened fire from a pistol at the police party on July 3.

Mishra's son Prabhat, who was named in the case, was arrested from Haryana's Faridabad a week after the massacre and was gunned down by police when he tried to flee.

Srivastava further said, the accused, who had confessed to his crime, besides his son, also gave names of his other co-accused, including gangster Vikas Dubey, Amar Dubey, Atul Dubey, Prem Kumar, Prabhat Mishra, Bauwan, Heeru, Shivam, Ziledar, Ram Singh, Ramesh Chandra, Gopal Saini, Akhilesh Mishra, Vipul, Shyamu Bajpai, Rajendra Mishra, Bal Govind and Daya Shankar.

Most of the above mentioned have either been killed in encounters or have been arrested.

The police official said that now police will try to find where the weapons used in the ambush were hidden or disposed of.